Margot. Clare. Sophie.

I know a girl.

She puts the colour inside of my world.

Three perfect little girls.

Three little girls that mean the entire world to me.

(Photos by Bec Johnson Photography)

The Crew...

Last week I was informed that J Crew now ship AROUND THE WORLD!!! Yes... that means AUSTRALIA!!!! Look, in case you can't tell, I'm a little excited about this. It's also fairly detrimental to my (our) bank account... savings account... credit card account... ANY account that involves money.

In honour (!) of this momentous revelation, here is some J Crew inspiration...

Stay tuned for some J Crew Wedding inspiration... 

Peacocks and Lilies...

More wedding information - when will it end!!

Wedding make up. I'm pretty sure all women freak out a little when they think about it... I think the most important thing about wedding make up is that it a) needs to be photo friendly, which means it needs to be a little more than natural to make sure you don't look deathly in photos b) needs to done by someone who knows what they're doing!! and most importantly c) it needs to reflect who you are. You should still feel like you underneath it all...
The fabulous Lydia Johnston from Peacocks and Lilies was the make up artist behind my wedding look in November, and I have to say, I am incredibly grateful for her amazing technique and relaxed, competent manner. She made getting ready for the wedding so much fun, and made me feel so special for my day.

I would recommend Lydia in a heart-beat. This is one of the most important parts of your wedding, or any occasion you may want to feel extra special for, so make sure you're entrusting the job to the right person.... The right person being Lydia.

These images from Peacocks and Lilies Facebook.

Jessica

Laura

Sophie

 The following are of my wedding from Bec Johnson Photography...obviously.

Lydia and Mary

Autumn...

It's March, and so here that means it's autumn, my favourite season. I think I'd like to, just once in my life, live somewhere that truly transforms into autumn. Our autumn looks nothing like this...

And this is how summer becomes autumn, then winter. Like... really. 

No, I'm serious, this actually happens. 

Skinny love...

I highly doubt that I find anything of interest on my own. Here's a song sent to me by one of my sisters. I can't stop listening to it, and every time I play it, I'm mesmerised by this 15 YEAR OLD girl's voice and this beautiful video...

"Skinny Love" by Birdy

Home grown roses... (Like I know what I'm doing...)

A couple of weekends ago I needed a little beauty to brighten up life... So I picked a few roses from the bush outside our window, and "arranged" them in one of our pressed glass wedding vases. I am not even close to knowing how to use our flashy camera, but with Lewis' help I managed to come away with a few nice shots.

Roses always brighten up my day, and I can't believe our luck to have a ready planted rose bush in our garden. The colour of these roses is perfect.

Wedding Part Two

Have just found something I wrote while on our honeymoon, and now that I have some more photos to go with what I wrote, I'm going to post.

Saturday dawned; cloudy, windy, cool and perfect. I woke to the usual Sophie chatter, and the arms of my husband to be. We had ignored tradition and stayed together the night before our wedding. We aren’t particularly traditional, and the whole wedding had a casual feel to it, so we couldn’t really fathom being apart on the eve of a stressful yet exciting occasion. The morning went by in a mad hurry of breakfast, icing cupcakes, cutting sandwiches and the men organising chairs and umbrellas.

One of my favourite parts of the whole entire event was to come just before I started getting ready, and just on the arrival of my dear, beautiful friend Bec, who was to be our photographer for the day and night. It had been my wish to arrange the floral centre pieces myself to create a very casual, simple array of flowers in pressed glass and antique vases, as well as old jugs. Without much nonsense, and with the need to just “get the job done” my aunt, two dear friends and I began undoing all the flowers we had ordered under our covered pergola, and started throwing them “artistically” into any of the waiting vases or jugs. The image and smell that this haphazard job created was simply breathtaking. My heart skips a beat remembering how amazing the roses and hydrangeas were all laid out on the tables, and slowly taking shape in their respective vessels. The smell was overwhelming, and everyone who passed through doing any particular job commented on how amazing it was.

As soon as we started arranging the stems, I had an instant calm, and at the same time excitement, come over me as I realised how they were going to look; my wedding flowers were taking shape with the help of my amazing helpers, who had understood my vision perfectly. The mix of roses and hydrangeas (my favourite flowers) was heady and wonderful. The hydrangeas were full, stunning blues ranging from a deep, purple blue to a light, ice blue. Although I love all colours of hydrangeas, blue is my utter favourite, and these were perfect. The roses were a colour mix of pinks, creams and my favourite – antique, and were simply stunning. Some were open, some just starting to open, some were tiny blooms and others beautiful, large blooms.

I was in heaven. I couldn’t contain how excited I was. I honestly think the perfume of the now transformed pergola had made me a little dizzy and I was racing around, chatting and giggling - the perfect place, mentally, to get ready... 

All photos by the stunning Bec Johnson at Bec Johnson Photography. 

(Post to come about this terribly talented woman!)